Athena, the daughter of Zeus, the goddess of wisdom and strategy, and this comes through more clearly throughout the books. And in the book The Odyssey, she plays an important role in bringing Odysseus home, and she has a great desire to help him. Throughout Odysseus' journey home to Troy, she has an important role to play in helping guide him in the right direction. It seems like she is looking after him and trying to protect Odysseus and his son Telemachus. Throughout the books we see how Athena uses the power of disguise. Athena appears as different characters who will help and guide Odysseus and Telemachus to make the right choices. Athena is one of the strongest women in the Odyssey and the force behind the arrangement for Odysseus to return home after Calypso frees him. In the epic, Athena is known to be a great warrior, she is confident and master of disguise, she has a desire to help Odysseus and uses her power to do so. Throughout the epic, Athena was most helpful in bringing Odysseus home. We first meet Athena when she speaks to her father Zeus about how she feels about the suitors. The suitors are at this point locked up after Eumaeus locks the doors to the women's quarters and Philoetius locks the front doors, and Odysseus announces that he will spare neither. them. Athena appears again disguised as a Mentor where she tests Odysseus's strength. While Athena is on the sidelines of the battle, she uses her power to protect Odysseus and his allies from direct hits from the suitors, but Odysseus and his allies can still be harmed. When Athena appears, Odysseus speaks to her with joy: “O Mentor, join me in this fight! Remember how devoted I have been to you all my life, friend of my youth! (Book 22, page 499, lines 230-233.) At that time, Odysseus thought it was Athena in disguise. Athena then responds to